Mobile Hydraulic Vehicle Prototyping

Cross Company Machine Prototyping

To OEMs, Cross Company can be an extension of your engineering department. Our application engineers and designers are specialists in providing hydraulic and control systems for mobile equipment, including many custom designed components and sub-assemblies that help simplify the plumbing, wiring, and assembly of your machines.

We offer an In-House Prototyping service to get you started. When you deliver your machine to our shop in Greensboro, NC, we will outfit it with a custom hydraulic and controls system that makes your machine perform and operate to your customer’s satisfaction.

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Mobile Hydraulic and Control Systems Blogs

In Mobile Hydraulics, we most commonly encounter actuator flows from fractions of a gallon per minute (gpm) to around 25 gpm. However, there are applications where much more than that is necessary to result in the speeds and forces required by the task. With smaller flows, there is an array of cost-effective and compact valve possibilities with load sensing and flow sharing capabilities. It can, however, be a challenge to source a high-flow valve that incorporates these technologies and other advanced features.

Times are changing in the mobile hydraulics world with the integration of electronics into hydraulic systems. Many people have felt the effects of Tier 4 and all the additional electronics, wiring harnesses, and displays that have been forced upon them with these regulations. To better understand Tier 4 and the requirements that go along with it please check out, "What Are Tier 4 Diesel Engine Standards And How Do They Affect You?"

Hydraulic oil can do an incredible amount of work very efficiently. It can also cause extreme damage to pumps, motors, hose, fittings - the weakest link - when there is no safety relief valve.
Every hydraulic system should have at least one, if not two relief valves. One main relief valve and one backup relief valve. The main relief will ensure the system does not work above a certain pressure. The backup relief valve will kick-in should the main relief fail and is usually set 200-300 psi higher than the main relief.